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Japanese invasion of China
Invasion of China on January 20th, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with the top 15 Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution. The Final Solution was the Nazi’s plan to exterminate the Jewish people of Europe, an estimated 11 million people. During these conferences, Heydrich speaks to the Nazis in a secret language to keep confidentiality. -
German Blitzkrieg
german Blitza method of warfare where an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armored and motorized or merchandised infantry for,actions with close air support, breaks through the opponents line of defense by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to surround them. -
Germanys invasion of Poland
invason into poland the invasion of Poland was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the free city of Danzig, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of WWII. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation barbossa the codename for Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII. The operation was directed by Adolf Hitler’s ideological desire to conquer soviet territory. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl HarborOn December 7th, 1941 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. This 2 hour barrage destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels and 300 air planes, killed +2000 American sailors and soldiers, and injured +1000 others. -
Wannsee Confrence
wannsee confrence on January 20th, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with the top 15 Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution. The Final Solution was the Nazi’s plan to exterminate the Jewish people of Europe, an estimated 11 million people. During these conferences, Heydrich speaks to the Nazis in a secret language to keep confidentiality. -
Fall of Paris
fall of paris The fall of Paris was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. Beginning on May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations, eventually leading to the conquest of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 1944.The German plan for the invasion of France consisted of two main operations. German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes and then along th -
Battle of Midway
Battle of midway Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States won against Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The U.S. was able to use their advancing knowledge in code breaking to preempt and counter Japan's planned ambush to destroy their remaining vessels and airplanes. This victory allowed the U.S. and their allies to move into an offensive position. -
Operation Torch
Operation torch On November 8, 1942 Britain and America invaded French North Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. -
Allied invasion of Italy
Invasion of italy was the allied landing on mainland Italy that took place on September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian campaign of WWII. The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold -
Battle of Guadalcanal
battle from August 1942 to February 1943 a series of land and sea clashes between allied and Japanese forces broke out on and around Guadalcanal. Japanese troops had landed on the island on July 6 1942 and began to construct an airfield. They became strong, but they weren't strong enough to win against America. The Japanese lost a goal of 24,000 men. -
D-Day
D-day D-day- On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 troops landed on a 50-mile stretch of heavily armed French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which he will accept nothing less than full victory. -
Yalta Conferance
yalta it was a meeting in WWII of the heads of government of the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of iwo jimaThe American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Okinawa biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82-day campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties—including 14,000 dead. -
FDR Death-Truman Becomes President
FDROn 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power. -
Ve Day
Ve Day Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam Declaration
potsdam The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Dropping of the bombs The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. -
VJ Day
Vj news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day. -
Nuremberg Trails
Nuremberg Trails Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. The defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the bulge The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
